Daily Republican., 1887-11-07
NEWS SUM MARY.
sesrsity OF water In the Western states
-Arrestsd Tor Passing Oountsrfets
Money-arrsetcd for Murder,

scarcity OF Wnter IN the Western statss
-Arrssted Tor Passing Counterfeit
saoney-Arrssted for Murder.
Reports Published In Chicago show
continued scarcity OF water for stock in
many sectio0s, especially In the States
ot Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
Unless copi0us rains are experienced
seforo the setting In Of winter many
farmers will mud themselves involved
In serione difficulty 10 providing tbe
Aeoessafy water for their stock. The
continued drought In these States has
also lessened tho usual amount Of fall
plowinR.
At midnight Saturday deteotivsy az
ree,cn William fritz, I'd ward Youse
and Adam Miller, in Rexding, Penna.
for passing counterfeit money. The
officers obtained . full csnfessioD, CIV
inR description Of the place where the
counterfeit money 70 made, and tmpli.
csTtpg dozen persons. According TO
the confession Eastern Penpsylyania
ms becn flooded with bogny mohe,.
Mira Annie Briekner and Herman
bacn weru arrested At slanngton. Pa ,
on Friday night, by offioefe from Allen.
soWfs oh tho VI ubViuk .
sd tho wouan's husband. He Was re.
Gently found dead In Allentown, With
his throat cut, and was supposed 10
nave committed suicide. bus evidence
has since developed iBdicsting M urder.
gour tons Of molten steel were run
into wet receptacle 10 the works of tne
Springfield Iron Company, near Spring
field, Illinois, early on Saturday, morn.
ing, snd tremendous explosion follow.
ed. The entire city WAS skaken by the
conclusion. In the works about ~
men were injured, three dan gerously.
A passenger train on the AtcbiAon
Ald Nebraska Railroad rsu into q
'reighs train near Atcbison, Kansas, on
Saturday morning. The oaboose, oocu'
pied by six men, was seleSoOped. One
Of the men wAs scslded to deA.h; sll OF
the others were severely scalded, and
one OF them is not expected TO recover.
Isaao Arnold killed his father in.law,
Thomas Newson, at Gray's Chapel. Ten
Aesses, on Friday night. Newson VA
drunk and began 70 whip Mrs. Arnold
when her husband iuterfered, and q
fight ieeulted, ending In the death Of
Newson. Arnold says he acted in self
defense.
The daughter and son OF j. Schroeder
eyed 1 and q years respectively, wore
plsying around . bonfire In New
Brnnewick, New Jersey, on Friday
when the girl fell into the flames. HeI
brother attempted TO reecue her, but
niled. and both were burned to death
John X. Alexander, Q well.to- do far.
mer near Oentreyille, Tennessee, or
Friday morning shot and mortally
wounded Jackson Blackwell and hii
son, and then committed suioide. There
had been ill.feeling between them.
william j. Bledsoe, q. 9. Deputy
Marshal, was arrested In Macon, Ga.
Sunday, on the charge Of being one OF I
gang Of Ave who murdered John Holi
helt, at Brooksville, Florida, Novem
Der, 1854
Burglars blew open Banker & Co 7
safe In Wipchet ter, Va, on Saturday
morning. obtaining 800 and some val
usble papers. A heavy reward ha
been offered for their apprehension.
A mob Of armed men broke into th,
jail ~ Opelika, Alabama, on ssturda,
night, took out George Hart, o coloret
murderer, and, carrying him TO Waver
lly, lypched him there.
Miss Fannie Stevens, an actress play
iua IN Boston. has been sued by Il. j
Lsyy, OF New York, for $4,000 fo
bre.on Of promise Of marriage.
John Rehring was killed on saturda,
bv the oavip0 in Ct 200 tons Of esr'h ant
slats a. the Boblrto on euNry, In Tripoli
serks County, PennA.